As Christians, what do we define as persecution? It’s not when common bad things happen to you. (After all, the rain falls “on the just and the unjust.”) Nor is it when someone neglects to say “Merry Christmas” to you. Conversely, persecution doesn’t only come in the form of an attack on one’s life. Simply put: persecution is taking a personal hit because of Jesus. This week, we see the boldness of Peter and John as they faced persecution from the events we talked about last week — and we’ll hear about the different ways that we can handle persecution when it happens.